Photo Contest

We asked you to send us pictures that illustrate either
problems or solutions and we are proud to announce the winners
of our photo contest.

The winning photograph comes from Kathleen Ochipa, aged
14, from Miami, Florida. Her beautiful picture of puffins was taken during
a trip to Maine and Canada.

Kathleen had this to say about her picture:

In the photograph I am trying to show people wonderful
things about animals. Sometimes we overlook all we have. When was the
last time you went outside to observe nature and all its organisms? Puffins
are wondrous creatures it is fascinating to watch them for hours, to see
what they do. In order to have such wonderful things to look and observe
we have to take care of the environment. That means no pollution too.
Pollution is happening everywhere people just through things in the water
or on the ground instead of taking the extra step to the garbage. Puffins
eat fish and other small organisms. When we pollute we are putting them
at danger by hurting the fish in which they eat. Puffins help us so we
should take a step to help them. They act as indicators of ocean health
and over fishing. Global warming is affecting the fish the Puffins and
their young eat. Puffins like being in cold water if the water gets to
warm the Puffins will have a limited range on where they live. We need
to take a step in life to help the environment somehow. In my picture
I am trying to show people how wonderful nature and animals can be and
what we have to do to keep it like that.

In a special category for photographs of children, we
are pleased to present the work of Nepalese photographer Mukunda Bogati.

To see more of Mukunda's photographs click
here. He had the following to say about this image:

With population growth, water scarcity grows day by
day. People don't get enough fresh water, which they need to be clean
and healthy. In remote areas of Nepal, water scarcity is high. People
must collect water from a distant water source, walking 1 to 2 hours for
one bucket. At this school there was a lack of fresh drinking water, so
one schoolgirl came to a nearby village for a drink. The government should
provide a drinking tap to their school.

It's
not too late if you would like to submit a picture for our site. Please
send ideas, questions and digital entries to the following email address:
kids@solutions-site.org

Be sure to include your name, address, and age with each
entry.

Photos can be emailed to the address above, or snail mailed
to the address below (note: we cannot return photos, so send copies!):